Today's Opinions

Gentle reader, in this season of Thanksgiving, marked by indulgence, even over indulgence in eating, we thought it might be a good time to remark upon some of the items which Americans consumed in an earlier day which are virtually, if not completely, unknown to the modern American, and how we fixed our food back then.

Just a few days after a sweeping victory by the Republican Party in the House and Senate, President Obama, with the stroke of a pen, neutered Congress again. There was nothing hidden in his agenda. In one simple executive order he granted a form of amnesty to his new “priority minority,” while at the same time abruptly ending any celebration by the GOP.

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander and U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann’s victories were silenced.

Thank you, Roane County, for demonstrating that you value early childhood literacy.

We now have 80 percent of Roane’s children, from birth to age 5, enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. This has been the “stretch goal” since the Roane County affiliate was founded 10 years ago.